Improved apparatus for the manufacture of votegar



P. E. J OSEL. APPARATUS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF VINEGAR. No. 88,642.

Patented Apr. 6, 1869.

F. E. .IOSEL, OF FREEPORT, ILLINOIS.

Letters Patent Lia-88,642, dated April 6, 1869.

IMPROVED APPARA'I'U'SI'OR THE MANUFACTURE OI VIHEGAR- m Schedulereferred to in these Letters Patent and making paste! the nuns.

To all whom it ma/y concern:

Beit known that I, F. E. J OSEL, of Freeport, in the county ofStephenson. and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements .in an Apparatus for Making Vinegar; and I do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, makinga part ofthis specification, in which-'- Figure 1 is a vertical cross-section,through the ap paratus.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal section, through one of the tanks.

Fi'gure 3'is a section plan of the apparatus.

Figure 4 is a top plan of one of the tanks.

Figures 5, 6, and 7 represent detached portions of the apparatus. 4

To enabletho'se skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I willproceed to describe the same with reference to the drawings.

The vinegar concentrator, which invention I claim as my own, consists-oftwo wooden'boxes or tanks, A

and B, figs. 1 and 3, about eight feet long, three feetwide, and twelvefeet high, standing alongside-of each other, about three feet apart.Each of these boxes is divided into ten equal compartments, as in figs.3 and 4. Each of these compartments is subdivided into chambers, inthefollowing manner:

About a foot from the bottom of the tanks isa perforated floor inserted,s s, figs. 1 and 2, upon which a suitable filter is laid, whereupon alayer of charcoal, c c, is placed, about the size of walnuts At a heightof about three and a half feet from the first perforated floor, a secondone, t t, of the same construction, is inserted, figs. 1 and 2, andcovered in the same manner, first with a filter, and then withsmallersized crumbs of charcoal, b b.

About the same height from the perforated floor t t is inserted a thirdone, '40 10, also covered with a filter,

and still smaller crumbs of charcoal, a. a, toabout the ,same height asthe former.

Above this is placed the vinegausieve, consisting of a square piece ofperforated wood, with two slanting surfaces on the top, L L.

Above theridge of, the sieve is placed the distribu-' ter, is k, figs;=5, 6, 7, consisting of a square wooden tube, the under side of which isperforatedwith small holes.

In the centre, above this tube, is the feeding-piper 'l, figs. 1, 1, 5,6, 7,. perpendicularly fitted in. This pipe brings the prepared liquidfrom a reservoir.

In onecorner of each compartment is placed awooden pump, on m, figs. 1and 2, which reaches nearly to the bottom of the compartment (1 d.

In the bottom 'of each compartment is inserted a small tube, n 'n, fi s.1 and 2, which reaches nearly to the perforated floor s s, but issheltered from it by a piece of wood, 1 r, figs. 1 and 2, fastened alittle above the aperture of the small tube. This piece of wood servesas a roof, to prevent trickling liquid from fallin into the tube. 1

The lower aperture of this tube opens into a channel, or flue f f, figs.1 and 2, which is fixed below the bottom, along the middle of the tank,fig. 3, and connects from both tanks with a ventilator, g, figs. 1, 2,3.

The wind-flue h h, figs. 1,2, 3, is below the floor O D, fig. 1, andwidens gradually toward the front, where two air-channels. o o, figs. 2and 3, areperpendicularly erected.

The bottom of the wind-flue, or cooler h h, figs. 1, 2, 3, is grooved,and serves as a condensento precip itate those particles of alcoholwhich are yet contained in the warm air which is forced over the groovedsurface by the centrifugal ventilator g,- as the bottom of the cooler iskept cool from below. 1

The process of the vinegar-concentrator consists in the following:

The liquid is conducted through the feeding-pipe i to the distributor k,where it spreads on the ridge, down the two slanting surfaces of thesieve L L, and trickles through on to the layer of charcoal, a, whichprepares it for the second layer of charcoal, b, where the process ofsonring commences, as I use charcoal as a germinator, to produce thenecessary ferment for the transformation of alcohol into acid ofvinegar.

Passing through the perforated floor t, the liquid runs on the layer ofcharcoal c, and finally passes through the perforated floor 3 into thebottom chamber d, where it accumulates, but is prevented from flowinginto the small tube n by the pump m, which keeps the liquid below theaperture of the small tube n. By means of the centrifugal ventilator aconstant draught of air'is produced.

As the air-is warmed, and the apparatus supplied with it from the top ofthe compartments, the increasing interstices in the three layers ofcharcoal, a b, c, admit an increased contact of the liquid with warmair, which facilitates the process of souring. But as the vinegarproduced by one such single procedure would not'be fit for use, Iaccomplish that object by a combination of twenty such apparatus.

The pump m, in the first compartment, conducts the liquid to the top ofthe second one, the pump of the second compartment conducts the liquidto the third compartment, and so on until the twentieth compartment, thepump of which conducts the liquid, which is now vinegar, from it to thevinegar-reservoir.

Each compartment has near the bottom of the'lowest chamber a faucet, c,to try the strength of the vinegar; also the wind'channels ff, and thecondenser h h, below the floor, are furnished with a faucet, v, figs. 13, 4.

, The ten pumps of each tank are all worked simuh taneously bydouble-armed levers z, fig. 1, fastened on one common axle. It may beset in motion by steam, water, or horse-power.

In the same way the centrifugal ventilator may be worked. By thiscombination of procedure I am en'- abled to save time and labor.

The machine yields twenty barrels of good vinegar in twenty-four hours,and can be managed by one man.

The principal points that I claim for the invention in the manufactureof vinegar, and which I wish to secure by Letters Patent, are- 1. Thesieve L L, with its slanting surfaces. 2. The pumps in each corner ofthe compartments.

3. The air-channel ff, and the application of the centrifugal ventilatorG, to produce a draught through the compartment.

4. The condenser h h, with thetwo flues o o, to precipitate thealcohol-containing vapors.

5. The combination of compartments, to work together, as ten, twenty, ormore, in one complete appae ratus or machine.

F. E. JOSEL.

Witnesses:

OSCAR TAYLOR, S. F. ASPINWALL.

